Coin counting and packaging device.



A. ABBOTT.

COIN COUNTING AND PACKAGING DEVICE,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1911. n

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APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.15 1911.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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tUGU STUS ABBOTT, (1F NEW YORK, N.. Y., ASSIGNDR T0 ABBOTT GQIN COUNTER com:-

IAKY, QENEW YORK, N. 5. A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE- com commune AND reoi xasiua Device.

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I '0 all whom it may concern. 1

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS ABBoT'r, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Coin Counting and Packaging Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to coin counting devices, and the object thereof is'to provide an improved device of this class whereby coins of any denomination may be quickly and easily counted and put in packages'ot the required amounts; :1 further object being to provide a device .of the class specifled which is simple in construction and operation and which involves a board or plate on which the coins to be counted may he quickly and easily swept ,or moved'into and through the counter and into packages; and with these and other objects-in View, the invention consists in a device of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. p

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, i ii which the separate parts of my iiiiprol'ementare designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in wlliicli:-

Figure 1 is a plan view of a device of the class specified, constructed according to my invention; F ig. 2 a partial section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a front view of. the device as shown in Fig. 1 andllooking in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. l a partial section on the line l-4 of Fig. .3; Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 1, but

showing only a part of the operative mechaiiism on an enlarged scale and showing the top plate of the casing of the operative mechanism removed, and also showing parts broken away; Fig. 6 a section on the line 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1 and on an enlarged scale; Fig. 8 a partial section on the line 88 of Fig. 1 and on an enlarged scale; Fig.

9 an edge view of a star-wheel which forms part of the operative mechanism and -show ing also other parts connected therewith,

and Fig. 10a section on the line IO -lQof Fig. 2.

Specification of Batters Patent. p Patented Sept, 3, 1912,, Application filed September 15, 1911. Serial 'It'o. 549,427.

count-ingdevice designed for use in counting pennies and dimes, but the said d6V103 maybe used for counting nickels, quarters, half dollars and dollars, all that is necessary being to make such changes in the con struction herein shown and described as will. hereinafter appear.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a board, plate or tabled which is rectangular in form and also preferably provided with r a metallic Illlia which extends above said board and the dimensions of which are preferably fromtwelve'to thirteen inches in one direction and from fourteen to fifteen inches in the other, and for the purpose of this description the edge a of said board will he called the front edge thereof.

The board a is provided with aflat, for wardly and backwardly'ranging groove a which extends to the back edge of said board and the front end of which communicates with a rectangular recess a formed in the.

top surface thereof and the said oove is rectangular in cross section as s own in Fig. 10.

The operative parts of my improved coin counting device comprise a trough 6 having a head 6 adapted, respectively, to fit in the grooved andthe recess a, said head being provided with the necessary counting mechanism as hereinafter described.

The trough Z) is provided with a groove 6 the transverse dimensions of which are similar to the transverse dimensions of the coins to be counted, and the head 6 is bosshaped and rectangular inform and consists of a casing having a removable cover b -which is held in place or in connection with the trough b by means of screws 6", and the trough b together with the head 6- thereof are detachable from the board a, and the groove a in said board is provided at its rear end with a forwardly directed stud a and all that is necessary to connect the trough and its head withsaid board is to insert the rear endof the trough into the rearend of the groove a and drop said trough and head onto said board, in which position the head of the trough rests in the recess afiland whenthe parts are thus placed in position for use the head I) projects forwardly of the board as shown in Figs.

1 and and the rim a is cut out at the front of the board to permit of this opera-v head portion 0 of which projects backwardly of said head over the trough b and forms a diagonal guard for the coins as they pass forwardly through said trough in the operation of the device as hereinafter described.

The bottom of the'groove 0 through the head is cut out at-the front end thereof to form a rectangular recess 0*, and the front right hand wall of said groove is formed by an inwardly and outwardly movable plate (Z the rear inner corner of which is beveled as shown at (1*, and said plate is provided centrally with a pin d which passes upwardly through a transverse slot 07* formed in the cover 6 of the head 6 and to the rightof which is pivoted a dog (Z having a recess cl in the end thereof and which operates in connection with't-hepin d to lock the plate (Z in its innermost position, or in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.

The cover 6 of the head 5 is provided with a forwardly and backwardly ranging slot Z which corresponds with the groove 0, and through which the coins may be seen as they pass throu' h the head 6 and in the left hand'side or said head at the front end ofthe left side of the yoke-shaped device is mounted a star-wheel the teeth of which project into the groove or passageway c as shown in The star-wheel c is rigidly secured to a pin a which passes through the cover 5 of the head Z7 and into the bottom plate of said head and said star-wheel is also provided with a pinion e and with a head 0 by which it may be manipulated, and between said head and the pinion e is an annular space a and the relative position of the to of the cover and bottom plate of the head 7), and the star-wheel c and pinion e is shown in F 9. p I

lllount'ed in the head Z and rearwardly of and. slightly to the left of the pin 6 is an indicating dial disk f provided on itsunder side with a gear 3 which meshes with the pinion c and beneath the gear f" is a plate 7 which rests on the bottom of the head 6 and which is cut out segmentally as shown f" to provid a recess in which the starwheel opeiat In the cons vuction shown the plate is secured tothe bottom of the head 5 and the indicating dial disk f and gear f are formed separately and secured together by means of rivets f and mounted om; pin f which is secured in the bottom of the head b and the plate 1', but said disk and gear may be formed in any desired manner and may be formed integrally if preferred.

The indicating disk f is slightly greater in diameter than the gear f and is provided at one side thereof with a trip finger j", and said disk is provided on the face thereof with a scale f which represents the unit of the coins to be counted. In other words, if pennies are to be counted this scale will rep resent pennies, and if dimes are to he counted it Wlll represent dimes, and the said scale is divided as will be seen into multiples of five. The disk f is also provided on the up posite sides of the center thereof with recesses g and 1 b, and the walls of these recesses are beveled in the direction of the 0perative movement of said disk, as clearly shown at and k and the recess g is oblong in form radially said disk. Mounted on the cover 6 of the head inwardly of the center of the 6 'al 1 isk f is a and an outer block having an inner h: hole 2' this construction h in Figs. 1 and 6, and a h pin j is connected with the cover 6* of the head Zfiby a chain j' and is adapted to he passed through the hole '5 in the block 2' and into the outer half of the recess in the operation of counting fifty coins of any denomination.

The recess 9 twice the radial diniensions of the recess 71. and the inner half of the recess g is on the same circle as the recess I), and in counting twenty-five coins of any denomination the pin 7' is passed through the hole 71 in the block if and enters either the inner half of the recess 9 or the recess 71- alternately It wilhbe understood that in the use of the pin j it is simply dropped into the block 2' and rests on the dial disk f and as said. dial disk is turned it drops into the corresponding recess by gravity.

At the left of the star-Wheel e is mounted a gear is which meshes with the gear 7' and beneath which is a plate k secured thereto by rivets k The plate 70 corresponds with the plate f and is intended only to raise the gear la so that it will mesh with a gear 7, and said gear Z2 is provided with a recess m one wall of which is beveled in the direction of the operative rotation of said gear as shown at m and mounted on the cover 5* of the head is a block at having a hole n through which the pin {is alsdadepted to he passed indicated in Fig. 6, and the ratio of the gears 2: and f is 9. to 5, and the ratio of the pinion c" to the gear f is 5 to 1.

' Fig. 2, and said stacker may-thus be rotated end thereof at which time a fibrous tubular trough b and head 6 from moving for- ,plane of rotation of the dial disk 7 and at star-wheel 0 of the register 0 is moved one i nation, as well as fifty, but the registeringthe groove or passageway 0 through said open end thereof folded or closed in any deshown in Fig. 4. The cover 6* of the head Mounted on the left hand side of the head b is an adding register 0, the shaft'o of which is provided with a star-wheel o the teeth of which projectv through a slot 0* in the cover'b of the head 6 and into the each complete revolution of Said disk the step by the trip finger f of said disk and registers one package of fifty coins of the denomination that is being counted. The registering device 0 will only register fifty coins, or a package of fifty coins of any denomination, but the device herein shown and described will form packages of twenty and twenty-five coins of the desired denomidevice 0 as shown and described will not register packages of twenty andt-wenty-five, except as hereinafter described.

Beneath the front part of the head 5 is a hanger p to which is pivoted a stacker tube 71 the bottom p of which is closed, and the top 7) of which is slightly enlarged and open. The stacker tube 72 is connected with the hanger p by a pin p passed through an aperture'p in the outer side of said stacker tube and through the inner side of said tube andthe hanger 79 and provided with a thumb nut 72 as clearly shown in vertically and when in its normal position the enlarged upper end 79 thereof presses'on the bottom of the head 6 directly under the recess 0 in the front end of the bottom of head, and the said stacker tube is normally retained in this position by gravity, but may be turned into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. .3 by simply raising the lower package 1', one end of which is closed, may be inserted into the larger end of said stacker tube and into which the coins within said stacker tube will pass, after which the said package may be Withdrawn and the sired manner.

A bufier spring s is secured to the cover I) of the head 6 over the recess 0 as clearly shown in F igs. ,1 and 4, the object of which is to direct the coins downwardly into stacker tube 79 this operation being also 6 is also provided with a segmental sic-ton opening t through which the dial disk 7 may be seen and the scale thereon read, and the bottom of the head 6 is provided with a lug 25 which tits in a corresponding recess back of the front part of therim a as clearly shown in 2, and the object of which is to prevent the counter proper, including the wardly i'n theoperation of counting-coins,

hereinafter described. ltn practice the said counter, including, the 'trough b and head '6 thereof, is pla d in position on the board a as shown in of coins u to be counted are also placed on said board.

If the coins are to be placed in packages of fifty, the pin 3' is dropped into the outer hole a so that it rests on the dial disk 7, the pin e is then turned by means of the head e thereof until the gear f is turned so that said pin will drop into the outer half of the recess 9, and the counting mechanism is then in condition for operation. The pin' dial disk 7" on the edge of the recess 9. The

coins are then moved by hand across the board a into the trough b and by a forward movement of the hand or the fingers thereof said coins are passed through said trough which-forms a continuation thereof, and in this operation said coins each, successively, make contact with a tooth of the star-wheel e and said star-wheel is rotated one step by each of said coins, and as the said coins pass through the head 6 they drop-into the ?stacker tube p At the end of a complete revolution of'the disk 7 the pin j drops into the outer half of the recess 9 and fifty coins are counted and indicated on the register 0 as one package, and the dropping of said pin into the recess 9 looks the mechanism. The stacker tube 792 is then partially turned and the tubular package 9' one end of which is open is inserted thereinto, after-which the stacker tube is turned into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the coins pass therefrom into the package tube 1' as will 1g. 2 and a number- .and through the groove or passageway c p be readily understood, and this operation may be repeated as long as it is desired to count and form packages of fifty coins.-

In forming packages containing twentyfive coins the pin is used in the inner hole 17 of the block 2' exactly as hereinbefore described, exc'ept that the indicating disk f or counting'm'echanism will be locked at each one-half revolution, as the pin 3' drops into the inner half of the recess 9 or into the recess h :a-lternately, and each. of these operations of said pin, a package of twenty fivecoins will be formed, but these packages will not be counted as such onthe register 0,

but said register will operate and eachv complete revolution of the disk f will count fifty coins, and a division of the number of coins so counted by two will ,give'the number of packages containing twenty-five coins.

In counting packages of twenty coins the pin 7' is placed in the blocks and manipulated the same as hereinbefore described in the operation of counting fifty coins, except that said pin will drop into the recess m in the wheel at each. revolution of said wheel, and during this time the disk f will rotate twwfit'ths of a revolution and a package of twenty coins will be formed, but this package or": twenty coins will not be counted by the register 0 as such, but the total number of packages thus formed may be ascertained at any time by dividing the total number shown by the register 0 by two and one half.

The plate (Z is used to adjust the transverse dimensions of the groove or passageway 0 through the head 6 opposite the star'- wheel a in counting coins of diiierent denominations as for instance. in counting pennies the plate (5 would be in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5, but in counting dimes said plate would be. moved inwardly and locked in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, this construction being necessary in order that the transverse dimensions, of the groove or passageway c opposite the star-wheel a may be always regulated so as to compel the coins passing through the device to operate said starwheel.

From the foregoing description it will. h

that the operation of my invention de pends entirely on the method of connecting the counter proper, including the trough I) and.the head 5 thereof with the board a so that the said trough will be flush with the surface of said board, and so that the coins may be sweptinto the trough by moving the hand in either direction, and passed through said trough and through the head thereof by moving the hand forward y, and in this operation the guard 0 serves to guide the coins into the head 7) and prevent said coins from jumping out of the grobve in the trough onto the head in case one should rest upon another, in which event the top coins will be directed off to one side and back to the surface of the board from which they may be swept or slid into the trough, as will be readily understood.

in the foregoing description I have described the use of my counter in counting coins and placing them in small packages only, but it. will be understood that my improved coin counting device may be used for counting coins and placing the same in bags containing any number, in which event, the pivoted stacker 79 may be de tached and a bag vsuspended beneath the front portion of thehead in any desired manner, and in this operation as will be readily understood, the pin 7' will not be used, the operation of the disk f and regis' ter 0 being continuous.

It will also be understood that my invention is not limited to the particular count-- ing mechanism in the head 5 constructed and operating herein shown and described, and many changes in and modifications of said counting mechanism may be made, within the scope of .he appended claims, without departing from the splrit of my invention, and by making the said counter, including the trough 7) and the head 6 detachable from the board a a num ber of different forms of counters intended for different purposes or for counting coins of different denominations may be employed and interchanged or substituted one for an other, and used in connection with the same board, table or other support whenever de sired.

In the form of construction shown, they trough b and the head 7) thereof are connected by means of the yoke-shaped device c which may be secured to said trough and head in,any desired manner and to which the cover (3 of said head secured by means of thescrcws 6 but said parts may be connected in any desired manner.

Having, fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A coin counting device of the class described, comprising a board having a transverse groove, and a counter comprising trough and a head and adapted to be con uected with said board so that the trough will fit. in said groove and the top surface thereof be flush with the top surface of the board, said head being provided with a coin assage Way which communicates with sai trough, and with a coin counting mechanism operated by the coins as they are passed therethrough, whereby coins placed on said board may be swept into said trough and moved forwardly therethrough and through said head and counted by a transverse and forward movement of the hand over said board and trough.

2. In a coin counting device of the class described, a board provided with a transverse groove, and a counter comprising a trough and head, said trough being fitted in said groove with the top surface thereof flush with the top surface of the board, and said head being provided with a coin passage way which communicates with said trough and with a coin counting mechanism operated by the coins as they pass through said head, and a coin stacker pivotally supported beneath the trout portion of said head and adapted to receive the coins as they pass therethrough, said stacker being adapted to swing in a plane parallel with the front edge of said board.

' 3. In a coin counting device of the class described, a trough provided with a head having a transverse groove or passage which communicates with said trough, said head 1O thrcugii adapted in) 1x idc 0% said he:

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thei'et head and adapted t0 recelve coins as they pass therachreugh, said stacker being adapted in swing;- in a plane at right angles to said ircugh.

4%. A cein counting device having a head casing prcvidefl with e cein passage therenrough which coins are adapted to be peseeu and :i coin counting mechanism. cpei'aicci by the cciiis as they pass therethreugi am? ccin stacker pivosaiiy supe seici heed 01' casing and eive the wins after their pesthereihz'cugh, mi stacker being closed GHQ end an 2 Jpen iii the other and being next-111241131 iieifi v gravity with its open end directefi uywmrii y and being adapted t0 be turned on its pi'vciei support so as to dump the coins therein 21230 a package.

5, In a cciii em" device a cein trough having a hcmiz .ovi ed with a transverse passage which mwaicetee therewiih, one z'evicied with an e ate the transverse :m the. cppesite adjustable c'ievic dimensions e f side beiang provided? with a star-Wheei, the teeth of vi hliiil i operate in said. assegg Jami operated. meams for taming szm star-Wheel, an indie-Ming disk gcerefl in coimecticn with said star-wheel and registering device operated by said indicating disk, said in iieating disk being pr0vide i with. diametricaliyerrangeci recesses 0n the opposite sides of the, center iherecf and the radial dimensiczis 0i one of which is grcatei than the 1mm dimensiens of the ether and the cover of said heed being provide with a clock having raciieiiy arranged holes adapted to register wich the iaeger of said recesses and one of which is dep'tcci i0 register with the ether of said es, anci pin ecizmpied. m be passed through sai i hcies anci to rest on sai disk anti enier said recesses.

In testimony that I claim the iorcgeing; as my inveniien E heveisigneei my name in presence 05% ihe subsezcibf g chic 14th day if Sepiembci f 

